“It can be the most random time in the summer and no matter what, you’ll see 'RR' pop up on your phone,” Nick Robertson said. Every group chat needs an instigator; someone to keep the dialogue alive during low points. On and off the ice, Reaves fills that role.

Squaring off with nearly identical records entering Wednesday’s contest, the Toronto Maple Leafs were presented with a key opportunity to get out of a rut against a quality Minnesota Wild team, with a four-game road trip on the horizon before the 4 Nations Face-Off break.

Toronto Maple Leafs forward John Tavares has resumed skating and could return to practice by the end of this week, head coach Craig Berube told Joshua Kloke of The Athletic on Monday.

You can look to John Tavares and Matthew Knies’ imminent returns and hope they can spark the lineup, but this is still a team with Auston Matthews, William Nylander and Mitch Marner. Offence should not be this difficult and they have the raw talent to at least make games interesting. Tonight was far from it.

Leafs winger William Nylander, who scored the only goal against the Wild and also hit the crossbar on a breakaway, said Toronto's tendency to use of five forwards on the power play has contributed to Rielly's dip.

Mitch Marner brought his beloved pooch Zeus onto the ice, while Jake McCabe and Ryan ... Injury roundup: Tavares takes step in right direction John Tavares did not participate in Monday’s ...

The Seattle Kraken will send Philipp Grubauer to the American Hockey League if he clears waivers. Follow this tracker for the latest NHL news.

The NHL is back from its holiday roster freeze and fewer than two months away from the trade deadline. So far, there have been 15 trades, four coaching changes, plus extensions signed by Igor Shesterkin,

The Toronto Maple Leafs seriously need to consider trading for a top-four defenseman at the NHL Trade Deadline this year. For the past two months, the Toronto M

On Friday's latest episode of the Spittin’ Chiclets podcast with Ryan Whitney, Paul Bissonnette, and Keith Yandle, Laine shared the story and more insight into his ‘welcome to the league’ moment by being on the receiving end of the hardest hit he’s ever taken in the NHL.

A timeline for the injured centre’s return from a lower-body injury is starting to come into focus, Mark Masters writes.

Asked about the state of extension talks with not only Marner but John Tavares and pending RFA Matthew Knies earlier this month, Leafs GM Brad Treliving said, “Those are things that we always are looking at and talking about and rumbling around, but nothing to report right now.”